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[singing] bad boys.
Whatcha want, whatcha want? Whatcha gonna do?
Ma'am, stand up.
Get on the ground.
Stop, stop.
When an officer tells you to stop, you have to stop.
[singing] bad boys, bad boys.
Whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?
Bad boys, bad boys.
Stop the bike now.
[singing] whatcha gonna do when they come for you?
Hands up.
Cops is filmed on location with the men
And women of law enforcement.
All suspects are innocent until proven
Guilty in a court of law.
Bradley ubovich: I've been at the fontana police department
For about eight years now.
One thing I love about living out in this area is 45 minutes,
You can get to the beach.
About the same amount of time, you can get to the mountains.
In about an hour, you can get out to the desert.
So there's all these local areas where
You can have a nice little getaway or vacation on a day
Off.
So right now, we're trying to catch up to a motorcycle that's
Splitting lanes and speeding and the license
Plate's a little obstructed.
So we're going to try and see what his deal is.
35.
Bradley ubovich: Be trying to catch up
To a motorcycle eastbound randall through mango.
[radio chatter]
Cbc violations through palmetto.
Speeds are 90.
Cbc violations through palmetto.
Bradley ubovich: Through tamerin coming up to alder.
Speeds are still 90.
[radio chatter]
We're going to go southbound alder.
Southbound alder.
Bradley ubovich: It's going to be up to san bernardino.
We're going to go westbound san bernardino.
Westbound san bernardino.
Bradley ubovich: And then pulling over at alder liquor.
Alder liquor.
Bradley ubovich: Turn off the bike, dude.
Put your hands up.
Turn around, put your hands up.
Turn around and put your hands up.
Keep your hands up, bro.
Ready for him? - Yep.
Bradley ubovich: All right.
Step back, take your helmet off.
Take-- oh, ok.
Take your helmet off.
--Alder liquor off san bernardino--
Bradley ubovich: Walk back.
Walk back.
Bradley ubovich: Step to your left.
Left side.
I can't hear you.
Bradley ubovich: Then take your helmet off.
Take it off.
Put your helmet on the ground.
Turn around, put your hands on your head,
And step to your left.
Step to your left.
Walk back.
Just go grab him.
[sirens in distance]
I've never been pulled over.
Bradley ubovich: You never been pulled over?
No.
Bradley ubovich: So this dude was driving pretty recklessly.
We're going to go talk to this dude real quick.
The bike's registered to him and he
Doesn't live too far from here.
But we'll see what his deal was and why he took off from us.
I don't know why he didn't pull over.
He has everything registered to him.
License is good.
Gabriel. - Yeah?
Bradley ubovich: What's going on tonight, dude?
What do you mean?
Bradley ubovich: Why did you run?
What were you thinking?
Well, I don't know. I was just scared.
Bradley ubovich: You got scared?
Why?
All your stuff's legit.
You got a motorcycle, it's registered to you.
You got the motorcycle license.
I don't know, man.
I see all the [bleep] tv and I just get scared.
Bradley ubovich: Get scared of what?
Like, getting shot or something.
Bradley ubovich: Yeah, but if you just pulled over, though,
Everything would have been fine, you know?
Yeah.
Bradley ubovich: You're over here going 100, blowing
Through stop signs and red lights and people are swarming
Out of your way to get through.
They see our lights, they get scared because they're
Trying to get out of the way because we're
Trying to catch up to you.
We don't know why you're running.
That's dangerous. - Yeah.
Bradley ubovich: Going through a stop sign because someone
Could have--
I was like, skidding and I was just scared.
Bradley ubovich: Someone could have came out of that street
And just nailed you.
And where do you live at?
Right here?
Yeah, I live right here, like a couple blocks away.
Bradley ubovich: Ok.
Well, the reason I pulled you over,
Dude, is because when I was coming up sierra,
You were speeding, splitting lanes in
And out through all these cars.
Lane splitting, I thought-- bradley ubovich: Yeah.
Well, you can't it while you're speeding though.
You still got to be safe.
I can't look at how fast I'm going usually
Just because like the bike is so small I'm kind of tall
And, like, it's kind of a distraction.
Bradley ubovich: Yeah, but you got to keep an eye on that
In case you're going too fast.
I mean, it's kind of hard to tell how fast you're going.
Bradley ubovich: So when I finally caught up to you,
I tried to pull you over.
I saw you look back, I saw you see me.
What happened?
You just got scared?
Why did you get scared?
You got everything taken care of.
You got a motorcycle license.
I don't know, dude.
I don't know.
I've just never been lit up like that by the cops.
Bradley ubovich: How long have you had your bike?
A year.
Bradley ubovich: A year.
You've never been pulled over ever?
No, I usually just--
Bradley ubovich: And then you saw me
And then you just you were on it by running
Stop signs and stuff.
And then you decided to pull over?
Yeah, I just saw multiple.
I'm like, no.
I'm going to get myself killed if I keep on driving.
I can't do this.
It's not worth it.
Bradley ubovich: Ok.
Well, you're going to get arrested
For evading from the cops.
We're going to take you to the fontana police department
Up the street.
Is that expensive to get out of?
I don't know.
Bradley ubovich: It's not expensive,
But once we get down there, I'll give you some more instructions
On who you can call and stuff.
What about the bike?
Bradley ubovich: Your bike's going to get towed right now.
Where's it going to go?
Bradley ubovich: I'll let you know where it's going to go.
And then once you get out from the fontana station,
You'll be able to come pick it up.
Ok?
Once I get out.
Bradley ubovich: Once you get out,
You'll be able to go to the tow yard and get it.
Is that going to take forever?
Bradley ubovich: No, it shouldn't be too bad.
But at the end of the day, if you'd have just pulled over,
It'd have been a nice, easy little--
We would just talk to you and that would have been it.
So just think about the next time.
It's not worth it, right?
All right, man.
He's gonna end up going to jail for evading.
So one simple traffic stop, that probably
Would have ended up in just a speeding ticket.
This guy is going to lose his bike, go to jail
And have to bail out just for a simple mistake.
Hunter hatcher: So I really like working in escambia county.
This is where I grew up.
It's where I'm from.
Coming back here after college, I really enjoyed getting out
And the areas that I've grew up in, interacting with people
That I've never met.
Getting to serve them and letting them
Know that, hey, I'm a hometown guy.
I understand the problems that arise in this community.
And it kind of makes it worth it.
Back right and possibly back left
Hubcaps are missing on a silver toyota four door sedan.
Hunter hatcher: 375.
So there's some theft suspects from kohl's.
Going to try to get them stopped here.
I'm behind the suspect vehicle.
Southbound on university, copy tech.
Southbound on university.
Hunter hatcher: Yeah, channel.
He's slow rolling.
Got it stopped here at university
And constitutional place.
Black male running, blue shirt.
Hands up, hands up.
Get out of the car.
Get out, get out, get out, get out.
Get out.
Hands up, hands up.
Wait, man, what the hell?
Hunter hatcher: Hands behind your back.
Hands back your back.
He's running southbound along university.
Give me your other hand.
Hey, man.
I didn't do a thing.
Hunter hatcher: I know.
3-7-5.
I got the driver detained.
It's going to be a black male, blue shirt, dark shorts running
South along university parkway.
Come back here.
Did he make it up the street?
Hunter hatcher: I'm not sure.
He ran behind this building right there going south.
So if he didn't go along the street,
He probably would have cut into the woods.
Let's come back here.
Let's come on.
Have a seat right here.
He bailed from the passenger's side and ran south.
Hunter hatcher: Which way did he run?
That way.
Yep.
Hunter hatcher: Hey, what's your homeboy's name?
Speak up. Come on.
What's his name?
- He goes by king. - What?
He goes by king.
Ok, what do you actually call this grown man instead of king?
How do you know him?
I know him from [bleep].
Sheriff's office canine.
Surrender now.
Hunter hatcher: What's his real name?
I don't know his real name, I swear to god.
Hunter hatcher: Ok. - Sheriff's office canine.
You better surrender now.
Hunter hatcher: He was the driver.
Suspect was a passenger.
I'll go with you.
Hunter hatcher: Hey, jose.
Good scent's gonna be right along that dirt road.
[dogs barking]
Here, here, here.
[shouting]
Hands down, crawl out now.
Now walk.
You're coming.
On the ground.
On your face now.
[shouts] you don't have to do that.
You don't have to do that.
I'm going to stand you up.
What's your name?
My name is cyrus.
Cyrus?
Yes.
All right, cool.
I'm diabetic.
You're diabetic?
I don't have anything.
Why are you all wet?
You fell in the lake over there or are you just sweating?
Diabetic.
Can we get ems?
Advising he's diabetic.
The damn dog just bit me.
It bit you?
Where'd it bite you?
Where did the dog bite you?
You don't know?
So he didn't bite you?
Ok, just barked.
Scared you.
What happened?
Please tell me because I don't know what I did.
Please tell me.
You steal from kohl's so much, they
Knew as soon as you went in there
What you were going to do.
I stole who?
From kohl's.
I didn't steal nothing.
As soon as you walked in the store,
They knew what you were going to do.
How the heck I stole something?
They describe the beer.
Why did you run when they pulled you over?
Not everybody has a blue beard.
I don't know what the heck is going on.
I promise I don't, man.
I've been on this goddamn sugar stuff.
What the hell, man?
Cyrus, you take any narcotics?
Cyrus?
Did you take any drugs?
Yeah.
What did you take?
Fentanyl.
Fentanyl?
Spice.
Spice?
What else?
A little crack.
Yeah?
You think that's probably the cause
Of what's going on right now?
Help me, man, please.
We got ems coming.
Stand by.
Hunter hatcher: So after we conducted the traffic stop,
We found a little bit of methamphetamines
Inside this pink purse that was sitting
Basically at the driver's seat.
And it looks like a little digital scale, commonly used
For distribution of narcotics.
So he's probably going to end up taking the ride for that.
But looks like we got all the merchandise in here.
That's probably what was taken.
The guy's going to take the ride for running and stealing.
Is that his car?
That's his.
He's saying he got $50 to drive him.
So he didn't give you the $50 for driving him yet?
- No. - Ok.
You set me up.
Did he did he say he would give it to you after?
All y'all cops are the same.
I'm not being disrespectful.
I'm going to jail for something I didn't do.
I'm done talking.
$50 to drive someone to kohl's?
That doesn't ring any bells in your mind?
So he's going to be going to jail
For stealing all that stuff and for the resisting
For running from us.
Ok?
Plus the lady at kohl's already said that he's stolen before.
So he's going to face the other charges for every other time
He's stolen here before.
It looks like you're going for the possession
Of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia, sir.
What's the-- what part of it's not mine don't you understand?
You were driving and where I found
The dope was literally underneath your feet
In your car.
Right at his feet.
This guy's got a couple extensive prior history
With methamphetamine use.
How about we just get you into a car?
All right.
Let's go.
Unfortunate series of events but you
May go to jail for the meth, and then, obviously, the guy that
Ran, he's going to go in for theft, resisting,
All that good stuff.
Hunter hatcher: I think you're a good guy, man.
I haven't treated you with disrespect at all.
Yeah, you have.
Hunter hatcher: Well, I wish you the best of luck, man.
So he ran from the police and when we got him
He started saying he's diabetic, he's done crack, fentanyl,
All kinds of nonsense.
But he talked with the medics over here
And the medics are advising that he does actually
Have a diabetic issue so he's going to go get checked out
At a nearby hospital to confirm if he can actually be released
To us and go to jail or he needs to sit-in there and get better
Before we take him anywhere.
Josh davison: I've been with the independence police department
For almost six years now I love the proactive part of policing.
As a squad, we work really well together.
We all share the same mentality of chasing down bad guys
And we have the support of a good department to do so.
We've got a vehicle fleeing from one of our officers
Up here off 40 highway.
We're trying to catch up to it to assist.
It just got stopped stuck by our sergeant.
Running south?
Ok.
You're ok.
You got any weapons on you, sweetheart?
- No. - Ok, come over here.
You're ok.
I don't know.
I know.
You're ok.
I'm going to put you in handcuffs right now.
Just to make sure everybody's safe, all right?
Ok.
You're ok.
What happened to your finger?
I broke it.
I dropped a fan on it.
Firearm in the car.
All right, miss, let's walk over here to my car.
All right.
What's your name?
I'm heather.
Heather, ok.
Crazy night, huh?
Who you riding around with tonight, acting all silly?
A guy named michael.
Michael?
What did he say?
- What did he say? - Yeah.
What'd mike say whenever the cops were behind y'all?
He started yelling, [bleep].
Ok.
Makes sense.
Is that michael?
So the car wrecks an unoccupied car at a car lot,
Just kind of looking through the car,
We could see a firearm here in plain view
On the back floorboard here.
Randel norris: Saw them coming down the hill.
He crossed the street.
Saw it's got kind of a busted paint job
And I looked at the back, no plates.
Got around behind him.
As soon as I flipped around, he took off.
And there was no catching him until we got down here
And they finally got him stuck.
But starting pretty rack the whole way.
I think we reached about 90 miles an hour.
We got here, he drove through the lot,
Bailed off, bailed on foot.
Ran out behind this building here
And then the officers got him into custody.
Josh davison: So ran the van, the van
Does come back as a stolen car out of kansas city.
Yeah, it looks like we got a firearm in the vehicle.
Let's see if we can get on that.
That's all I saw.
Josh davison: Potentially the baggies
And maybe some dope in the middle there, center console.
And is there a pack of cigarettes in the car
That you could possibly light and help me smoke?
Maybe.
They're not mine but they're his.
And I need one.
Give me a minute.
That works.
We have an ambulance coming to check you out, ok?
They are where they're supposed to be.
Hey, matt, real quick, can you tell
Me kind of what's going on?
What went through your mind?
I mean, you put a lot of people in danger running like that.
I know I did.
Do you feel bad about that?
Yes, I feel bad about it, sir.
It's just that I just threw someone off and I'm a felon
And they left their gun in there.
Oh, ok, so you're scared about the gun?
Yeah, I'm a felon.
I know I'm not supposed to have them.
I know I'm not.
I haven't been in trouble with you guys since I left.
Like, I got out.
Yeah, you got into a pretty bad accident, didn't you?
Yeah, this is way too tight right now.
And I have just had surgery on it.
You wanna step out real quick?
My ankle is still healing and so is my knee.
Turn around that way for me, ok, buddy?
So what happened down here?
Did you just lose control?
No, they hit the--
Oh, ok.
Ok.
It's very loose, so don't slip your cuffs, ok?
Is that better?
Yes, can I see them please?
Yeah, they'll come take a look at you.
They'll probably take a look at your heart,
Make sure that you're good to go.
What is your specific complaint?
My wrist and they were twisting my ankle like this
And I've shattered it.
Ok, so very old injuries?
--All broken.
Learn how to walk again and everything.
Well, you took off pretty good from the car.
First time I've ever--
Fair enough.
Just have a seat here.
Because you understand what's happening here, right?
I know I'm going to jail.
We know about medical emergencies.
We want to make sure that you're ok.
I need to go to the hospital, please.
All right, man.
We're just can get your vitals and whatnot,
Make sure your vitals are all right.
I hear you, I hear you.
Do you normally use any drugs or anything like that?
Alcohol?
You do?
What do you use?
Meth.
Meth?
When's the last time you used?
Earlier today.
Earlier today?
Ok.
Hey, heather.
Hi.
All right, we're almost done.
I promise.
I'm going to take your belt off.
Why?
Matt wanted to say bye to you.
Ok.
Try to talk some sense into him, though.
You know what I mean?
You got to be careful who you're hanging out with
And what they're doing. - I know.
Ok. Jump on out.
Let's go say bye to matt.
Are you still going to loosen this one?
Yeah.
Tighten up on you in there?
Matt, have you been told what you're being charged with yet?
I guarantee I probably know.
I probably know what I'm charged with.
You're being charged with the felony fleeing for the driving,
The car came back as stolen, so tampering first.
The car came back stolen?
Car coming back as stolen.
See, I was even--
You're being charged with the gun, so unlawful possession.
All right?
Heather, you're just being charged with tampering,
Joyriding in the car, ok?
Any questions on that?
That was wild, matt.
That was wild.
This stuff right here will get people killed.
I know.
You, her.
I know that.
Think about the people in the car.
I know that.
First thing she said to me was how scared she was.
I know she was.
Finish up the cigarettes.
We'll set you guys next to each other,
You can talk to the window.
I don't litter.
Just step on it.
I'll pick it up.
Last drag.
- Man. - One more drag.
You can lean on me.
I need more.
All right, let's walk over to this officer here.
Watch your head, buddy.
Are you serious?
I don't litter.
I'll drive this stolen car at 120 miles an hour
With a gun and dope but I don't litter.
132 and bush.
I've got him at gunpoint.
Ok, gunpoint, 132 and bush.
Coverage code three.
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